The Media and Public Opinion
Here are some articles in the JFK Assassination Questions section which deal with the media and public opinion:
Are There Factual Errors in Oliver Stone’s JFK?
The print and broadcast media’s attack on Oliver Stone’s JFK began even before the film had been released. A frequent accusation was that the film contained numerous factual errors. Although there were some inaccuracies in the film, the majority of the accusations were unfounded.
Did Lee Harvey Oswald Get a Fair Trial?
Oswald was shot dead two days after the assassination, and did not receive a trial, fair or otherwise. A guilty verdict was reached by the media after the Warren Report laid out the case for the prosecution.
Did a Secret Service Agent Kill JFK by Accident?
On the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination, the broadcast media heavily promoted the claim that a Secret Service agent, sitting in the car behind Kennedy, had shot him in the head by accident. This claim had been raised and refuted two decades earlier, and almost no-one with any detailed knowledge of the case believed it.
What Do People Think About the JFK Assassination?
The general public, despite obtaining a very large part of their information about the assassination from newspapers and television, has consistently tended to disbelieve the media’s message, that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy.
Why Is the Media Coverage So Bad?
The consistently one-sided coverage of the JFK assassination by the mass media is due to the same institutional factors that make its coverage of other political events one-sided. In the case of the assassination, there is also the factor that the media does not want to be reminded that it got things wrong from the beginning.
What Does Noam Chomsky Say?
Noam Chomsky has played a large part in educating people about the ideological aspects of the system that provides them with information, of which the JFK assassination is a good example. Chomsky’s opinion of the JFK assassination is not about whether or not it was a conspiracy, but simply that it isn’t a significant political event.